Photo: Gordale Scar by Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0, adapted
Move your website off Wix, Squarespace or GoDaddy
Keep the site you like. We rebuild it as your own code, keep every page address working on Google, add the legal pages it was missing, and keep your old site running until the new one is checked. Usually about two weeks.
£950
Up to ten pages, with six months of Care, our monthly looking-after plan, and the first 12 months of hosting. Shop products and blog posts do not count towards the ten. Each page over ten is £90.
A free check: type your address and see what Google and your customers run into. About half a minute, and free.
What does a website move include?
All of this is in the £950. Usually about two weeks.
- Your look, kept
- The same words, the same pictures and the same look, rebuilt as your own code.
- Up to ten pages
- A page is one with its own layout: home, about, services, contact and the like. Shop products and blog posts share one layout, so they do not count towards the ten. Each page over ten is £90.
- Every address kept
- Every old page address points to its new home, so Google and your old links still find each page.
- The legal pages
- Privacy, cookies and terms for UK law, added where your site was missing them.
- Bookings, shops and blogs
- They come across too.
- Six months of Care
- Care is our monthly looking-after plan: hosting, your Studio (where you change your own words and pictures), an hour of changes a month (a new page comes out of it, never billed) and a monthly report. After month six, Care is £64 a month until your site has been live a year, then £79. Nothing carries on unless you choose it.
- The first 12 months of hosting
- This is our Host plan: hosting, security, every version of your site kept, 0% commission. Then £15 a month, or £150 a year.
- It is yours
- The code, your address and your data. Leave any time and take it with you.
Not in a move: a new design or new features. We quote for those separately. If you bought a deep scan in the last 30 days, its £90 comes off. Keep your old plan running until we tell you it is safe to cancel.
How do I move my website?
Your old site runs until the switch. Moving day, step by step.
Day 1
You book the move
Pay online or send your brief. We check your current site and list every page on it, with its pictures and forms.
Days 2 to 8
We rebuild every page
Same words and pictures, rebuilt as your own code. Faster, easier to read on a phone, with the privacy, cookie and terms pages it was missing.
Days 2 to 8
Every old address keeps working
Each old page address points to its new home, so people with a saved link, and Google, still find you.
Day 9
You check it on a private link
Click round it on your phone and your computer. Tell us anything that reads wrong and we change it the same day.
Moving day
We switch your address across
Your old site keeps running until the new one is checked and your address is switched. Your email is not touched. You change two settings where you bought your address, or we do it with you on a call.
The next 30 days
We watch it
We tell Google about the move, watch for any page it cannot find, and fix anything that comes up.
When we say so
Cancel your old builder
Only once Google has seen the new site. Not before.
Leaving Wix, Squarespace or GoDaddy: what can you take?
Any website builder. What each one lets you take away, from its own help pages.
- Wix
- Wix does not let anyone take a site's code away, so we rebuild it. Products, orders, contacts and bookings come out as spreadsheets.
- Squarespace
- Squarespace can hand over simple pages, one blog and your shop records, but not the design, so we rebuild the look.
- Shopify
- Shopify hands over products, customers and orders as spreadsheets. The theme only works on Shopify, so we rebuild the design and copy pages and posts across.
- WordPress.com
- WordPress.com hands over your pages, posts and images on any plan. On its Business and Commerce plans you can take the whole site, design included.
- Webflow
- Webflow can hand over the site's code on its Workspace plans, but the blog, shop and forms do not come with it, so we rebuild those parts.
- Framer
- Framer's own help pages disagree about taking the code away, so we plan to rebuild the site. Your CMS content can come across with a plugin.
- GoDaddy
- GoDaddy's builder does not let a site leave its servers, so we rebuild it. Your products come out as a spreadsheet, and your web address can move.
- Weebly and Square Online
- Weebly gives a zip of your pages, but not the blog or shop. Square Online gives your items and customers as spreadsheets. Either way, we rebuild the design.
- Jimdo
- Jimdo has no export at all, so we copy your words and pictures across and rebuild the site. Your web address can move with a transfer code.
On another builder? Ask us first and tell us which one: we check its own help pages before you buy. Your web address can usually stay where it is and point at the new site. A large shop, with many products or apps to replace, gets a written quote instead of the £950.
Questions about moving a website
How much does it cost to move a website?
£950 for up to ten pages, with no VAT to add. Each page over ten is £90.
How long does it take to move a website?
Usually about two weeks. Your old site stays up until we switch your address across, and it keeps running until we tell you it is safe to cancel.
Will I lose my place on Google?
Every old page address points to its new home, so Google and your old links still find each page. Nobody can promise a place on Google, and we do not.
Will my website look different?
No. The same words, the same pictures and the same look, rebuilt as your own code.
What happens to my email?
A move does not touch your email. On moving day you change two settings where you bought your address, or we do it with you on a call.
Can I keep my web address?
Yes. Your web address can usually stay where it is and point at the new site.
Photo: Gordale Scar by Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0, adapted
What is my website missing?
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